

Places We Go : The Ruth Bancroft Garden
If you were given three acres in which to "play in the dirt," what would you do? Back in 1971, Ruth Bancroft, in her 60s at the time,...


Places to Go : Outdoor Rooms
Have you noticed that the outdoors has become the extra room you didn't know you had? Why not create an outdoor "room" this summer? ...


Places We Go : San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2016 . Wallcoverings
The real star of this year's San Francisco Decorator Showcase are the walls. Glorious walls covered in Venetian plaster, cotton velvet,...


Places We Go : San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2016 . Gardens
Just above Fisherman's Wharf, the 2016 San Francisco Decorator's Showcase put me in sensory overload. Built in 1929 for $30,000, this...


Color Game : Think Pink
If a hot pink cuckoo clock makes you smile, how about mixing your rooms with a little blast of hot pink this spring? I hadn't thought of...


TWEAKS+inspiration : Slipcover to the Rescue
When it comes to decorating, do you ever ask yourself, "What was I thinking?" I seem to be asking myself that question a lot lately. ...


TWEAKS+inspiration : gWitster
Everyone needs a muse - especially when decorating your rooms. Let me introduce gWitster Finds. He hangs out on Pinterest as over...


Happy Hour : Spring Forsythia
Don't you love Forsythia? That neon yellow flowering shrub is everywhere right now. Since we're not lucky enough to have in our yard,...


Color Game: White and Red
Don't you love crisp white with a little barn red? That got me thinking about a little mind game I play with any shelter magazine or on...
















